Renae Hernandez, a shopkeeper from Ace Hardware in Charleston, IL, came to tell us what it is like to work in a hardware store. This is important because when Abe Lincoln was young, he owned a General Store. She showed us some things that Ace Hardware sells that Lincoln probably sold in his store, too. Some of those things were an axe, a washboard, milk paint, lye soap, nails and so much more.
Here is Evan watching Ms. Hernandez showing us a real axe.
.Here are Jakob and Quinten looking at milk paint.
Here are Paige and Jakob
looking at a washboard, which is how people used to wash clothes.
SFC Rogowitz and LTC Coblentz are militiamen. They work in the same unit (Blackhawk) that Lincoln did while he was Captain of the Blackhawk war! They came to tell us all about the similarities and differences between their unit today and back when Lincoln was serving it. They answered all of our questions and we learned a lot.
Here are Jakob, Quinten and Hallie looking at a map LTC Coblentz drew for us.
Here are Hallie, Quinten, Jakob and Evan watching one of the presentations.
Thank you Ms. Hernandez and SFC Rogowitz and LTC Coblentz!
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